{"id":108716,"date":"2015-12-28T06:50:00","date_gmt":"2015-12-28T04:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/108716\/boozy-porcupine-will-prick-things-up\/"},"modified":"2015-12-28T07:07:25","modified_gmt":"2015-12-28T05:07:25","slug":"boozy-porcupine-will-prick-things-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/lifestyle-news\/entertainment-news\/2015\/12\/28\/boozy-porcupine-will-prick-things-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Boozy \u2018porcupine\u2019 will prick things up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While people living in the northern hemisphere pretend to be looking forward to a cold, white festive season, South African&#8217;s will be lazing around in the sun.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cnorth\u201d will be thinking of eggnog, gluwein and other dubious concoctions, the \u201csouth\u201d will be thinking of ice cold cocktails to enjoy in or around the pool.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>Here\u2019s an idea to add a little bit more festive season \u201cspirit\u201d at this time of year: Concoct a \u201cporcupine\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>This is how you do it:<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Buy a large watermelon from the roadside or virtually any supermarket;<\/li>\n<li>Cut a largish window out the top of the watermelon;<\/li>\n<li>Keep the cut-out as a lid;<\/li>\n<li>Scoop out some of the flesh inside;<\/li>\n<li>Mush the rest up a bit;<\/li>\n<li>Add a bottle of white rum;<\/li>\n<li>Put the lid back on and store in the freezer overnight;<\/li>\n<li>When you and your guests are in the mood, insert the thickest straws you can find into the watermelon (hence, the \u201cporcupine\u201d effect).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The novelty gets the party going, but don\u2019t be too greedy.<\/p>\n<p>This \u201cporcupine\u201d has a sting and is definitely not for anyone under 18.<\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='a70cb8d32da253be008115c7990c0547'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Get your friends in the party mood this holiday season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1848,"featured_media":108983,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,3686],"tags":[9264,972,1013,969,2734,3484],"class_list":["post-108716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment-news","category-lifestyle-news","tag-boozy-porcupine","tag-entertainment-2","tag-fun","tag-germiston-city-news","tag-melissa-hart","tag-party"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"Lifestyle","SubCategory":"Entertainment"},"tag_labels":["boozy porcupine","entertainment","fun","germiston city news","melissa hart","party"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1848"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108716"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108716\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/108983"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}